Planned Battle Rating Changes (October 2026) — Aircraft and Ground Vehicle Decompression

True, but I’m saying that some are just outclassed. What advantage does the Tornado have? To my understanding, only that it has speed and a bunch of chaff, but its turn rate is frankly atrocious.

You misunderstand. “I have to work 10x harder” doesn’t mean “I give up” if that makes sense. If I have to sweat, micromanage my speed, and perfectly execute a notch just to survive a single missile, while the enemy just points their crosshair at me and clicks, I wouldn’t say that’s a fair fight. I guess you could say I just picked a bad class or a bad comparison, after all I play strike aircraft in a fighter meta…

Its fast, ground strike plane.

It will never be able to go toe to toe with fighters of its BR.

It was never designed to do so.

People cant really compare aircraft outside of its intended role and BR and go on and say “its bad”.

Strike aircrafts are fun in NE, ive been playing lot of SLE tornado myself. But thats beside the point.

Im not arguing with you over BR placement of ground strike tornados.

Im arguing with Hitthunder over BR placement of 18C early, which can compete in fighter meta, and that he clearly doesnt know how to use it.

Oh man I can’t wait to have the Swiss F/A-18C it’s so cool! I just hope it lives up to the hype. Even with decompression it shouldn’t get uptiered too much right?

RIP the HKP9A (FC). Apparently having gen 1 thermals but no flares or rockets and fewer missiles is enough to put it at 10.0 now…
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So the Left side of Russia like T72B 1989 and T90 will stay this same BR?

Bit of a shameless self plug but give this a read. I will be updating it in light of sparrow buff (and now due to BR chnages i have to rework the update again) but you should find some tips and tricks there to help you.

After BR chnages, full uptier will now mean MK2/MKK (or 13.7 planes in general) should be limited to 4 planes per team, which is entirely managable as premium hornets sensors are currently 14.0 material at 12.7. i think out of all SARH planes, only F-2A ADTW has better radar but i still like hornet more due to 7Ps.

You oughta have some fun as long as you keep your speed and alt.

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Ohhhh, that explains it thanks

The M26 absolutely should go down in BR, superior variants like the M26E1, T26E1-1 and T26E5 are at the same BR basically making the regular M26 pointless. Additionally it isn’t a match for other 6.7 vehicles like the Tiger 2 or even the T44 since it is slow like a heavy tank without having the firepower and armor of one. Also got asked for many times and seemingly ignored sadly.

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How about the next 2 BR changes also go towards this effort, this is amazing to see but there are still somewhat iffy spots for various trees.

I think what was done with Ground is absolutely perfect though. Multiple steps up for decompression is going to do absolute wonders.

Why is the M247 going to 10.0 and not 9.7? The only other vehicle at 10.0 will be the LAV-AD. The XM975 will be 10.3, along with the M1128. 10.0 will be a dead BR that only has SPAA vehicles for the US??? The M247 will only have the LAV-AD to pair with it, while the 9.7 US does not have a native SPAA.

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No, I enjoy attacking the “grease-monkeys” [armored/mechanized units]—playing exclusively with tanks is just boring and uninteresting.

M1A2T:
All the 12.0 Abrams:

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As I was told many times in the past by CAS mains whenever I voiced my complains about CAS, I now share the same wisdom with you - If you dont want to spawn most effective counter to SPAA then you cant complain about SPAA being OP, can you?

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There’s a difference between remembering someone for having a garbage take vs literally stalking them.
This, isn’t stalking.

Also, generally the people who do well in something probably know what they’re talking about regarding said thing.

I mean, would you trust a hairdresser who has a reputation for bad haircuts (in wt’s case, bad stats) over another hairdresser known for making good haircuts (in wt’s case, good stats) to cut your hair?

Idk about you, but I’m picking the guy that damn well knows what he’s doing.

Here’s another one, which guy would you rather have as your boxing coach? The one who’s never one a match in his life or the one who actually has a good record of winning in his matches?

I’m still picking the latter.

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The changes to rather capable Aircraft when it comes to CAS are partially way too harsch, Kurnass and Kurnass 2000 are good but are getting moved to a point without a lineup, the 2000 also shares the BR with many platforms which are way more capable for minimal improvements. The Yak130 is good but lacks countermeasures and RWR which should limit its raise in BR.
Many more examples and most planes with standoff capability also face SPAA with enough range to deal with them or even take out the missiles.

The A-6E against the Pantsir and the Buk? Are you serious? I’ll post the image again—take a look at the aircraft that were moved to a BR where they end up facing the Pantsir and other integrated SAM systems, and then think about it again.
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Just spawn tank bro.

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See how we feel trying to play tanks for once and you immediately resort to crying.

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Vehicle: Mirage 2000D-R1
Gamemode : Ground Battle
BR change : 12.3 → 11.7

Reason : Currently, this aircraft is very fun to fly but also very difficult; it requires strict tactics and discipline. In this BR, it faces very competitive SPAAs. Most of its opponents have increased from 11.3 to 11.7 (Osak, Grela, 2s6, or Tor). Furthermore, the 2000D, despite being equipped with laser weapons, is no match for the Pantsir S1. The latter, with its missiles and radar, can still see the Mirage and still hit it. The 2000D is defenseless against this formidable adversary. However, the Pantsir’s performance increases from 12.0 to 12.3. Thus, not only will the Mirage 2000D-R1 be permanently ineffective against the Pantsir, but it will also find itself facing SPAAs in 13.3 which are far superior to the Pantsir S1. As the I’m thinking of SAMPT, IRIS, Pantsir SM, or BUK. The Mirage will then be useless. In my opinion, this isn’t fair because, at best, it only has ASL 30 missiles, which require constant guidance. All the way to its target, and while flying very high in the sky.
Please don’t make this plane unplayable.

Finally, I could make the same remark with the Mariage 4000 which has more or less the same arsenal but is not any better off because it does not have a MAW or a decent radar. (Please consider BR change to 12.0 to 11.7 for him)

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Tbf even intruder has bigger chances than a10c. Like its so bad but moves to 12.3. Which is 12.0 vs 11.3 if we convert into current brs.